Croatian medical journal
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Croatian medical journal · Apr 2002
Health monitoring of the migrant population in Northrhine-Westphalia, Germany: experiences, implications, and perspectives.
To describe the benefits and restrictions that emerged in health monitoring of the Northrhine-Westphalian migrant population. ⋯ To serve as adequate data sources relevant for health monitoring that takes into account different dimensions of migration, official registers should fulfill certain requirements. Different indicators of migration and socioeconomic situation should be recorded, and classifications, such as national background and age, should be standardized in different statistical sources.